One place where those who died or were shot in the prisons of Nizhny Novgorod in 1941-1945 was the Marina Roshcha cemetery, founded in 1938. The precise number buried there is unknown. Subsequently the plots were used again for later burials.
In 1994 the city’s Jewish community put up a monument to their fellow Jews who died in the Holocaust or were victims of Stalinist repression. On 17 September 2009 thanks to the efforts of the regional Commission for the Restoration of the Rights of Rehabilitated Victims of Political Repression a headstone was placed at the entrance to the cemetery. It bears the words: “In the Marina Roshcha cemetery in 1941-1945 the innocent victims of political repression were executed and those who died during interrogation were buried. The number of unnamed persons laid to rest here is unknown”. On 30 October people lay flowers by the pillar and a memorial service is held in the cemetery.
A Book in Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repression in the Nizhny Novgorod Region (9 vols. 1997-2006) includes biographical entries on 35,000 who were shot or sent to the Gulag.
| Date | Nature of ceremonies | Organiser or responsible person | Participants | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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30 October
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Remembrance Day for the Victims of Political Repression (the Office for the Dead is performed in the cemetery)
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Regional commission for Restoration of the Rights of Rehabilitated Victims of Political Repression
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Relatives of the victims, city officials, religious and unofficial organisations
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Annual event
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Commemorative Services
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city Jewish community
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Annual event
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| State of burials | Area | Boundaries |
|---|---|---|
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have not survived
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not determined
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not delineated
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[ original texts and hyperlinks ]
I.M. Favorskaya, “Activities to restore the rights and immortalize the memory of inhabitants of Nizhny Novgorod who were victims of political repression”, Materials of the educational and scholarly conference on Political Repression in the Nizhny Novgorod region: Marking 20 years since the government established the Day in Commemoration of the Victims of Political Repression, Nizhny Novgorod, 2012
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Reply by the Nizhny Novgorod Region department for social policy (№ 318-19-5722/14 of 12 May 2014) to a formal enquiry by RIC Memorial (St Petersburg)
